homicide和murder的差异.doc

1、homicide 和 murder 的差异What is the difference between ' homicideand 'murders ? there a difference in British and American usage with regard to this term?Thanks in advance.A lawyer should really answer this. Im not a lawyer, but here area couple of comments.homicide - Focuses on the killing of

2、a human being, in the same way that 'fratricidefocuses on killing one' brother, 'suicideon ' killing one 'f,3esel Homicide is not necessarily a crime. If a police officer kills someone who shoots first at him, this is not illegal, not murder. ' Justifiable homicide ' is t

3、he phrase I often hear.murder - Focuses on the unlawful killing of a human being.Involves some degree of premeditation or intention (first degree and second degree murder, murder in cold blood or in hot blood ). Careless, accidental killing is' manslaughter ' rather than ' rI look forwar

4、d to a lawyer ' s more detailed explanation.Best wishes, CliveThanks for the explanation. I agree with what youve said. Whaprompted me to ask this question is because my student asked me for the definition of ' homicide ' . After explaining to him, I referred to his dictionary to make su

5、re, and was surprised by what I read. It states that ' homicide ' is AmE and ' murder ' is BrE or maybe the other way round. I cannot remember which is which.Same usage here in the U.S.As I understand it,“ homicide " is the blanket term for any formof unlawful killing.Within hom

6、icide are sub-terms : murder killing with malice - planned and intentional killing and manslaughter unlawful killing without malice or premeditation or culpable homicide used in Scotland - killing as the result of improper conduct.Recent legislation has made changes to these definitions, but essenti

7、ally you can say that homicide and murder are synonymous.In Singapore, if someone is found guilty of murder, he or shewill be sentenced to death by hanging.In the case of ' homicide ' , it will be a long prison term.It seems that in Singapore, the term “ homicide is being used where in Brita

8、in we would use either manslaughter or culpable homicide.The answer of the original question depends on the jurisdictions. In some jurisdictions homocide includes various murders like falony murder and capital murder and therefore it is the wider term, which explains why they are used sometimes syno

9、nymosly. Maybe you should limit the question to Singapore or to the further jurisdictions of interest? In Germany they are not synonym but it would take too long to explain.In Singapore, I read in the newspaper “culpablehomicide not amounting to murder ” . Is this term used in America or Britain?cul

10、pable homicideAs you will see in my earlier reply, in Scottish law.I was referrring to the whole phrase ' culpablehomicide not amounting to murder ' . Is this phrase used in America or the UK?Hi, I ve never heard it. CliveSorry - no. A Google search indicates that the phrase is one used in I

11、ndia and the Far East. No US or UK hits (apart from media reports)I presume it is wrong usage; it is Singaporean English.Actually, I don t think so. The Google search showed that there is a murder charge called this in the Indian legal structure, and it may well be the same in Singapore.But Indian E

12、nglish is not recognised, right? Neither is SingaporeEnglish. I think I would accept AmE, BrE or Australian English.What exactly are you looking for? Your student asked about the difference between homicide and murder, and that has been clearly answered. As to the phrase you are questioning, legal t

13、erms for criminal acts vary from one country to another. In India, this phrase seems to be a correct legal term for a crime. It may also be one that is used in Singapore. It is not necessarily a question of inaccurate local English.Hi all, Sorry, I know this is off topic but I really couldnbetter op

14、portunity to ask this question. Is the word one a typo, or was it intended to be used here? Thank you. Best wishes, PeaceblinkfriendHi, It s OK, not a typo. CliveOkay. I now know it is not a typo. Thank you, Clive. Could you please tell me why it is used here? What does it do to the sentence? Thanks

15、 again. Best wishes, PeaceblinkfriendHi.the phrase is one used in India and the Far EastCould you please tell me why it is used here? What does it do to the sentence?'One is in this kind of context a noun that refers to a single person/thing. Often, this is something that has been mentioned prev

16、iously.eg I looked at a red car and a blue car. I bought the blue one.eg I need to buy a car. I want one that is red.Best wishes, CliveHi CliveA Google search indicates that the phrase is one used in India and the Far East. No US or UK hits (apart from media reports) IfI remove' one' , does the meaning change?Hi,Not much in this case. However, the use of one here tends to suggest that there are others. Consider these more concrete ex